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<h1>Appearance</h1>
<p style="font-style: italic;" cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_REQUIRES_RESTART">Note: Most of these options require
that you restart DC++. (Fonts, colors and icons are loaded at startup
only. Window settings are loaded when opening a new window.)</p>
<h2>Options</h2>
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  <dt>Sort all downloads first</dt>
  <dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_ALT_SORT_ORDER">With this option enabled, DC++ will sort the downloads and uploads; Current download(s), waiting download(s), current upload(s) and waiting upload(s). <br/>With this option disabled, DC++ will sort downloads and uploads; Current download(s), current uploads(s), waiting download(s) and waiting upload(s).</dd>
  <dt>Minimize to tray</dt>
  <dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_MINIMIZE_TRAY">When enabled, minimizing DC++ will cause it to appear as an icon
in the windows system tray. If you left click, it will be
returned to its previous status. If you right click on the icon,
it will give you a small menu.</dd>
  <dt>Always display tray icon</dt>
  <dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_ALWAYS_TRAY">When enabled, the tray icon will be always shown, regardless of 
  	the visibility state of DC++ program window.</dd>
  <dt>Show timestamps in chat by default</dt>
  <dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_TIME_STAMPS">This option will show time stamps on chat lined in newly opened
hubs. In order to show them in an already open hub, use the <a
 href="chat_commands.html#ts">/ts chat command</a>. To customize the
format of the time stamps, see the <a href="#set_timestamps">Set
Timestamps</a> option below.</dd>
  <dt id="viewstatus">View status messages in main chat</dt>
  <dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_STATUS_IN_CHAT">Show some messages destined for the Status Bar in main chat as
well. <i>It's generally a good idea to leave this enabled.</i></dd>
  <dt id="filterspam">Filter spam messages</dt>
  <dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_FILTER_MESSAGES">When enabled, kick, debug and other spam messages are hidden from main chat. These messages are generally not useful and make reading the chat more troublesome.</dd>
  <dt id="showjoins">Show joins / parts in chat by default</dt>
  <dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_SHOW_JOINS">Show an entry in main chat whenever someone joins or leaves the
hub. Use the <a href="chat_commands.html#showjoins">/showjoins chat
command</a>
to enable or disable it on already open hubs. <i>On large hubs, you don't want this enabled.</i></dd>
  <dt>Only show joins / parts for favorite users</dt>
  <dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_FAV_SHOW_JOINS">With this option enabled, only the joining and parting of
<a href="window_favorite_users.html">Favorite Users</a> are shown.</dd>
  <dt>Sort favorite users first</dt>
  <dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_SORT_FAVUSERS_FIRST">With this option enabled, those users who are <a href=window_favorite_users.html>favorite users</a> will be sorted first in user lists.</dd>
  <dt>Use system icons when browsing files (slows browsing down a bit)</dt>
  <dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_USE_SYSTEM_ICONS">If you have this option on, DC++ will use the per-extension icons
from Windows Explorer. <i>Turning
on this option slows browsing file lists a bit.</i></dd>
  <dt>Use OEM monospaced font for viewing text files</dt>
  <dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_USE_OEM_MONOFONT">Enable this option to use a monospaced font more suitable for
viewing NFO files in the built-in text viewer (the "View as Text"
function).</dd>
  <dt id="guessip">Guess user country from IP</dt>
  <dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_GET_USER_COUNTRY">When selected, country codes for your uploaders and downloaders
appear in the <a href="window_connections.html">Connections</a> window. This function
uses the <a href="links.html#geoip">GeoIPCountryWhois.csv</a> database provided by <a href="http://www.maxmind.com" target="_blank" class="external">MaxMind</a>.</dd>
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<h2>Miscellaneous</h2>
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  <dt id="awaymsg">Default away message</dt>
  <dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_DEFAULT_AWAY_MESSAGE">This is the default away message that will appear when someone
PMs you for the first time while you are in the away mode. You
can activate away mode by using the <a
 href="chat_commands.html#awayback">/away
&lt;message&gt; and /back chat commands</a> or <a
 href="settings_advanced.html#autoaway">Auto-away on Minimize option</a>.
All time formatting variables are available, see <a
 href="settings_logs.html#timeformat">Logs</a>. Use Ctrl + Enter to create a new line. <br/>(default: "I'm away. State your business and I might answer later if you're lucky.")</dd>
  <dt id="set_timestamps">Set timestamps</dt>
  <dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_TIME_STAMPS_FORMAT">This lets you select the format of the time stamps that can
appear in the chat and private message windows. For the available
formatting variables, please see <a
	href="settings_logs.html#timeformat">Logs</a>. <br/>(default: %H:%M)</dd>
<dt id="messagelines">Height of the message editing box</dt>
<dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_MESSAGE_LINES">
Use these 2 boxes to control how much you want message editing boxes (in <placeholder><a href="window_hub.html">Hub</a></placeholder> and <placeholder><a href="window_pm.html">Private Message</a></placeholder> windows) to resize themselves when you are composing a multiline message. Both settings can have the same value, in which case the message editing box will never redraw itself. Minimum value: 1. Default values: 1 and 10.
</dd>
  <dt>Language</dt>
  <dd cshelp="IDH_SETTINGS_APPEARANCE_LANGUAGE">This drop-down list allows you to choose which language DC++ should use for its user interface and messages. "Default" means "use the same language as my operating system".</dd>
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